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Check out the amazing schedule at Cubberly Auditorium for a list of the best shows Palo Alto offers.
If you've worked up an appetite, no worries! This theater also has a fabulous restaurant.
This theater welcomes kids, too, so you can feel good about bringing the whole family.
Not only do you get a great workout with aerobics, you'll have a great time, too.
Parking is plentiful, so visitors can feel free to bring their vehicles.

You won't want to miss the best in Mountain View theater at Bridge School Benefit Concert.
No matter what you're hungry for, the menu at this club promises the perfect dish for you.
Got kids? No problem at Bridge School Benefit Concert! This club is a fantastic spot for families to hang together.
The bar is stocked with TVs, so you can watch the next big game.
Don't stay cooped up on a beautiful summer day! At Bridge School Benefit Concert, you can dine outdoors on their lovely patio.
Feel the beat on the club dance floor and groove to live music.
A tad noisy, the club is well-suited for those who don't mind a little extra hustle and bustle.
Weekend customers may find themselves waiting for a table, as Friday and Saturday nights tend to draw a crowd.
Parking is plentiful, so guests can feel free to bring their vehicles.

Imagine the best theater Redwood City has to offer. Courthouse Square has all that and more.
Service and taste make a great restaurant, and that's why you won't be disappointed by this club.
No need to splurge on a baby sitter — tots will be right at home at this club.
At Courthouse Square, there's no need to confine your meal to a traditional dining room — outdoor seating is available when the weather is warm.
The live music and dance floor at Courthouse Square are perfect for party goers ready to boogie the night away.
Between the music and the crowds, expect noise levels to reach upper limits at the club.
If you're heading out on a Friday or Saturday, keep in mind that the club gets busy.
Parking is plentiful, so guests can feel free to bring their vehicles.

All the world's a stage, but Club Mayan in Redwood City offers the best shows around.
Pick up a tasty meal at their restaurant, located conveniently within the theater.
Catch the game at Club Mayan, a local restaurant with TVs.
Dine with fellow dancing machines — the theater is stocked with a lively, open floor.
Weekend customers may find themselves waiting for a table, as Friday and Saturday nights tend to draw a crowd.
Club Mayan's guests can take advantage of the easy street and lot parking options.

Want something more than just a weekend out at the bars? San Carlos' Peninsula Youth Orchestra offers the perfect theater to shake your weekend up.
Parking is plentiful, so patrons can feel free to bring their vehicles.

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Whether it's a punk gig at Johnny V’s or a sold-out show at the City National Civic, all San Jose concerts rely on the same crucial piece of equipment: a booming loudspeaker. In fact, most events in San Jose do. But how do these workhorse speakers work? Read on to learn all about how your ears take in sound, and how loudspeakers help it get there.What does a loudspeaker do?Whether they’re as tiny as earbuds or as huge as the loudspeakers once found at the Roman Coliseum, speakers work according to the same basic principles. All sound travels through the air in the same way that waves travel through the ocean, so speakers need to convert the electrical signals they receive into motion and thus sound.How does it amplify sound?The mechanisms responsible for this translation are called drivers, which have three parts: a permanent magnet, an electromagnetic coil, and a cone. When the coil receives an electric current, it reverses polarity and is pulled toward the permanent magnet or pushed away from it. The cone moves accordingly, compressing the air inside the box and pumping amplified sound waves into the surrounding air. The frequency of the vibrations controls the pitch of the sound, and the amplitude controls the volume of the sound.How does a loudspeaker reproduce all the complex sounds of music?Top-quality speakers typically have multiple drivers dedicated to high, middle, and low frequencies in order to reproduce the full spectrum of audible sound, whether it’s a resonant speaking voice or an orchestra playing an overture. Woofers are the largest in order to move the volume of air necessary to make lower frequencies. Tweeters are the smallest, responsible for higher frequencies since they can vibrate fastest, and midrange drivers handle the frequencies in between.

San Francisco concerts have long reflected the music of the times, but the inverse is also true: time and time again, music has revolved around whatever’s going on in San Francisco. This was most apparent in the 1960s, when bands like the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane turned the hippie counterculture into the city’s greatest export. Five decades later, we can look back and identify five concerts that changed American music forever—an inventory of five San Francisco nights that defined San Francisco nightlife.
The Beatles at Candlestick ParkAugust 29, 1966
Nobody but the Beatles knew that this show at chilly Candlestick Park would be their last live concert performance ever. If it had been announced ahead of time, the Fab Four might have sold the place out. Instead, large swaths of seats were left unsold for the final date of their fourth and final North American tour. It was a strangely low-key farewell for the most popular rock band of all time, who occasionally paused their 11-song set to snap pictures with a camera they had brought on stage. It was the end of an era in many ways, and it paved the way for the decade’s latter half and the Summer of Love, which would take shape in San Francisco less than a year later.
The Human Be-In at Golden Gate Park
January 14, 1967The Summer of Love actually started with this mid-winter event at Golden Gate Park, just a stone’s throw from the Haight-Ashbury district that would soon become synonymous with the counterculture. Inspired by sit-ins taking place at lunch counters, colleges, and universities across the country during the early 1960s, the Human Be-In was perhaps the first focused expression of the hippie movement. California had recently passed a law banning LSD, and everyone from poet Allen Ginsberg to psychologist Timothy Leary showed up to encourage a crowd of thousands to “turn on, tune in, drop out.” Of course, no celebration of hippiedom would be complete without bands like the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane, both of whom found their way onto the bill.
Aretha Franklin at Fillmore WestMarch 5–7, 1971Though people tend to associate San Francisco with the hippie counterculture, the city has long been a haven for jazz and soul. From Jelly Roll Morton to John Coltrane, musicians would flock to play the clubs on Fillmore Street, and their hundreds of legendary concerts exist now only in memory. This is not the case with Aretha Franklin’s three-night set at Fillmore West, which eventually became one of the best live albums of its era. The Queen of Soul dove right in with her hit song “Respect,” but she filled out her set with such hippie standbys as the Beatles’ “Eleanor Rigby” and Simon and Garfunkel’s “Bridge Over Troubled Water.” In doing so, she bridged the gap between the counterculture and modern American soul in a way that few singers had ever attempted.
The Band at Winterland BallroomNovember 25, 1976Another concert that’s been immortalized for new generations to enjoy, the Band’s farewell show at Winterland Ballroom is considered one of the greatest concerts, period. Martin Scorsese's documentary film The Last Waltz captured the Band in all their fading glory, but they weren’t the only ones to take the stage that night. Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, the Staples Singers, and Van Morrison were among the special guests on hand, making this arguably the most star-studded affair in San Francisco’s history.
Metallica at The StoneMarch 5, 1983Who knew that the future of heavy metal would be born on a spring night in San Francisco? Metallica had already made a name for themselves as thrashers whose live show took no prisoners, but this date at The Stone felt different. For starters, it was their first show with new bassist Cliff Burton, who would eventually go down as the greatest metal bassist of all time. It was a prelude of what was to come later that summer on Kill 'Em All, one of the fastest and heaviest albums in history. And—like many of the best moments in American music history—it all started on a sweaty stage in San Francisco.